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Global Content in Global Coursebooks

Author(s) -

Mimoun Melliti

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

sage open

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357

H-Index - 32

ISSN - 2158-2440

DOI - 10.1177/2158244013507265

Subject(s) - globality , social connectedness , content analysis , perception , content (measure theory) , mathematics education , pedagogy , sociology , english as a foreign language , psychology , linguistics , political science , social science , social psychology , globalization , mathematics , philosophy , mathematical analysis , neuroscience , law

This study aims at exploring the issue of “globality” in globalcoursebooks as manifested in investing features of connectedness, avoidinginappropriacy, and preserving inclusivity. To do this exploration, two research methods,content analysis and the questionnaire, were adopted. The content of an example ofglobal coursebooks, Headway Intermediate (H/I), in addition to the perception of 251 ofits users at Institute Bourguiba for Living Languages (IBLV) were investigated. Theresults obtained revealed that “globality,” in terms of connectedness, inappropriacy,and inclusivity is partial in H/I as learners’ perceptions of it do not map with thecontent in the coursebook. This study raises questions about the suitability of globalcoursebooks to globally diverse learners and reveals the necessity of taking measures inthe direction of localizing the content of English as a foreign language (EFL)coursebooks

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